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LGBTQ+ History Association
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The LGBTQ+ History Association (formally the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History) founded in 1979, is an affiliate of the American Historical Association. Learn more at clgbthistory.org
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LGBTQ+ History Association @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social · Feb 17
The LGBTQ+ History Association statement on our outrage and call to update National Park Service (NPS) websites after the removal of reference to the Transgender (T) and Queer (Q) communities and history.

Please read our full statement: tinyurl.com/LGBTQHistory...
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Join us this Thursday, December 18 (tomorrow) at 8:00pm EST for our next in our Disruptive Narratives public lecture for a conversation about public history, teaching, and Queer and Trans History with the Kapaemahu Project.
RSVP to join us at: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you tomorrow!
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We are proud to be a signatory on
an amicus brief filed in support of trans rights in the Supreme Court case, The State of West Virginia, et al., Petitioners, v. B.P.J., by Next of Friend and Mother Heather Jackson, Respondent.
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A few more days!

tinyurl.com/bdcst8zz

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1.

#GayHistory #HistoryIsGay #QueerHistory #TransHistory #lgbtqhistory #HavePrideInHistory #queerstorian #HistoryOnIG #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #queer #history #queerstories

📸: wjnewsome Instagram
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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For Immediate Release:

Please read our Public Statement on the recent instances of attempted censorship and transphobia

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Questions please contact us at clgbth.cochairs@gmail.com for questions
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Have a history paper or research turning into a paper by June 2026 ? If so consider submitting a panel or individual paper to the Queer/Trans History 2026 conference! #QTHC26

Submission deadline is November 1st!

To learn more please visit:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Happening today! Join us!
lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social LGBTQ+ History Association @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social · Aug 22
Join us this upcoming Wednesday, August 27th!

Please register in advance using the QR code or this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Join us this upcoming Wednesday, August 27th!

Please register in advance using the QR code or this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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August 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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New book alert: Teaching LGBTQ+ History in High School by Stacie Brensilver Berman and Robert Cohen
#sschat 🍎 🗺️ 🗃️ #LGBTQHistory

www.routledge.com/Teaching-LGB...
July 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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You are all warmly invited to join us this Thursday for an important conversation, third in our Disruptive Narratives series, on "Trans Healthcare and History: A Conversation in the Aftermath of U.S. v. Skrmetti." Please register in advance us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Today 56 years ago, brave LGBTQ+ community members stood up against NYPD harassment at the Stonewall Inn. Important that we remember our transgender sisters who helped fight and led to the Stonewall Riots.

Their fight, and our fight continues today!

Happy Pride!
June 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Hi everyone,

If you're free, we hope you can join us for tonight's conversation:  "Endangered Places: Erasure of LGBTQ+ History Sites." Please use the zoom link to register below. 

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Happy Juneteenth from the LGBTQ+ History Association!
June 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Read our full statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1bJjn...
June 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Learn more and how to submit your proposal at: drive.google.com/file/d/1Vgth...
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Contact @susanstryker at susan@susanstryker.net with your interest!
June 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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RSVP at: www.eventbrite.com/e/reverb-the...
June 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Please send us an email with a full citation and/or as relevant the website URL, or syllabus. You can check out our page at. lgbtq-ha.org

If you would like any updates/substitutions/or corrections to please write us.

Please reach us at clgbth.cochairs@gmail.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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We’d love to hear how each state has made an impact in LGBTQ History and rights. Please DM us your state and milestones and we’ll post them!

Thanks to @nickotawang.bsky.social for sharing Colorado’s!
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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We’d still love to receive any suggestions for a new association logo to be featured on our new website and on swag and official emails. Please send logo design ideas, even if they're still rough, to the cochairs, Yaari & Jay, by June 10th for consideration (clgbth.cochairs@gmail.com)
June 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Please read our email from March 31, 2025 for the list of our recipients!

Special thanks to our selection committee!
March 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Please read our announcement sent on February 25,2025 to our list with subject: Call for Applications - due March 1: the LGBTQ+ History Association’s Support Grants & Research Support Grants
February 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Breaking update:

Please read our email sent to our listserv on February 17, 2025 with subject: LGBTQ+ History Association Responding to Erasure and a Path Forward

If you are not in our list please visit our website clgbthistory.org to learn more about the LGBTQ+ History Association.
February 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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No LGB without the T. No erasure of our history.
lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social LGBTQ+ History Association @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social · Feb 17
The LGBTQ+ History Association statement on our outrage and call to update National Park Service (NPS) websites after the removal of reference to the Transgender (T) and Queer (Q) communities and history.

Please read our full statement: tinyurl.com/LGBTQHistory...
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social
The LGBTQ+ History Association statement on our outrage and call to update National Park Service (NPS) websites after the removal of reference to the Transgender (T) and Queer (Q) communities and history.

Please read our full statement: tinyurl.com/LGBTQHistory...
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM